Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line muffin tins with paper or foil liners.

For the crust: Combine crushed graham crackers with melted butter to create a mixture the consistency of wet sand. Add a generous tablespoon of the crumb mixture to the bottom of each lined cupcake tin.

For the batter: Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer on medium-high speed, cream butter, brown sugar and honey until pale and fluffy. Reduce speed to medium and beat in eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture and mix until well combined. Do not overmix. Pour batter into cupcake tins, filling about 3/4 full. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until a cake tester inserted comes out with only a tiny bit of crumbs attached.

For the frosting: Melt the mini marshmallows in a saucepan over low heat. Set aside to cool slightly. With an electric mixer, cream butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add in sifted powdered sugar until mixed. Add in melted marshmallow and mix until smooth.

To assemble: Cool cupcakes completely on a wire rack. Dip each cooled cupcake into the chocolate ganache, then roll in the crushed graham cracker crumb topping. Finish by piping Marshmallow Frosting on top.

Source: The Cupcake Store

SANTEE  Anne Montgomery grew up on a ranch in Hays County, Texas, near a speck of a town called Wimberley. Now 69 years old, she tears up when she recollects her mother’s honeyed ways back then.

Her mom taught her how to bake — pies, cakes, that sort of thing.

It wasn’t the recipes that mattered as much as the moments. The way Nona Wilson Cowan gently explained each step to her little girl. The way their long hours together led to talking about other things, like the importance of religious faith and how to be a good person.

“You could not meet a better woman than my mother,” said Montgomery, who today lives in Santee.

Home cooking is about connections, even on Mother’s Day, when millions of American families choose to eat out, rather than put the meal-making burden on mom. Or it may be the day that dad and the kids rule the stove and the microwave.